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单词 blackbirder
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blackbirder

[ blak-bur-der ]
/ ˈblækˌbɜr dər /

noun

(formerly) a person or ship illegally engaged in the slave trade, especially in the Pacific.

Origin of blackbirder

First recorded in 1880–85; blackbird + -er1

Words nearby blackbirder

black-billed cuckoo, black-billed magpie, black bindweed, black birch, blackbird, blackbirder, blackbirding, black blizzard, Black Bloc, blackboard, blackboard jungle
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Example sentences from the Web for blackbirder

  • The authorities, they get worried because a Kanaka's spree lands him, like as not, in a blackbirder.

    The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story|Various
  • They say he used to be a pirate and blackbirder and that he can tell strange yarns if he will—but that's all talk.

    The Pirate Shark|Elliott Whitney
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